ai4bharat/Pralekha huggingface dataset:
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Prime Minister confers the National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 awards to the winners
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today conferred the National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 awards to the winners at VigyanBhawan.The National Level Finals of National Youth Parliament Festival concluded in New Delhi yesterday.The winners from the national level competition were Shweta Umre from Maharshtra , Anjanakshi M.S from Karnataka and MamtaKumari from Bihar .
Prime Minister also released an App “Khelo India”, developed by Sports Authority of India, under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. The App can be used, besides other things, to locate the sports facilities in the country, their availability, rules of the games and for checking the fitness level of any person.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister of state  for Youth Affairs and Sports & Information and Broadcasting Col Rajyavardhan Rathore  said that the Prime Minister had inspired to hold the Youth Parliament, which provided a platform to the youth to express their views. He said that Prime Minister has provided full support for the promotion of Sports in the country.
National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 was jointly organised by National Service Scheme  and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan , under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. Youth in the age bracket of 18-25 years were invited to participate in the District, State and National level Youth Parliaments. The National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 was conducted at the District and State levels. The participants for District Youth Parliament,  were selected through two screening processes i.e. Digital and Walk-in screenings in Nodal Institution in 471 designated districts across the country from 24th to 28th January. The best three speakers selected by a Jury from each District Youth Parliament participated at the State Youth Parliament . Two best speakers selected from each SYP participated as speakers in the National Youth Parliament . As many as 28 State Youth Parliaments were held across the country from 5th to 7thFebruary to select 56 final contestants for NYP. More than 50 thousand youth participated through Youth Parliaments at all levels.
Ministry of Finance
Exchange Rate Notification No.65/2021 - Customs 
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 , and in supersession of the Notification No.59/2021-Customs, dated 15th July, 2021 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies specified in column  of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto, into Indian currency or vice versa, shall, with effect from 6th August, 2021, be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column  thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
SCHEDULE-I
|
|
Sl.
No.
|
|
Foreign Currency
|
|
Rate of exchange of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
|
|

|
|

|
|

|
|
|
|
|
|

|
|

|
|
|
|
|
|

|
|

|
|
1.
|
|
Australian Dollar
|
|
56.15
|
|
53.75
|
|
2.
|
|
Bahraini Dinar
|
|
203.30
|
|
190.85
|
|
3.
|
|
Canadian Dollar
|
|
60.35
|
|
58.20
|
|
4.
|
|
Chinese Yuan
|
|
11.65
|
|
11.30
|
|
5.
|
|
Danish Kroner
|
|
12.05
|
|
11.60
|
|
6.
|
|
EURO
|
|
89.45
|
|
86.30
|
|
7.
|
|
Hong Kong Dollar
|
|
9.70
|
|
9.35
|
|
8.
|
|
Kuwaiti Dinar
|
|
255.60
|
|
239.35
|
|
9.
|
|
New Zealand Dollar
|
|
53.75
|
|
51.35
|
|
10.
|
|
Norwegian Kroner
|
|
8.55
|
|
8.25
|
|
11.
|
|
Pound Sterling
|
|
104.90
|
|
101.40
|
|
12.
|
|
Qatari Riyal
|
|
21.05
|
|
19.75
|
|
13.
|
|
Saudi Arabian Riyal
|
|
20.45
|
|
19.20
|
|
14.
|
|
Singapore Dollar
|
|
55.90
|
|
54.00
|
|
15.
|
|
South African Rand
|
|
5.35
|
|
5.00
|
|
16.
|
|
Swedish Kroner
|
|
8.75
|
|
8.45
|
|
17.
|
|
Swiss Franc
|
|
83.45
|
|
80.20
|
|
18.
|
|
Turkish Lira
|
|
9.05
|
|
8.50
|
|
19.
|
|
UAE Dirham
|
|
20.85
|
|
19.60
|
|
20.
|
|
US Dollar
|
|
75.10
|
|
73.40
SCHEDULE-II
|
|
Sl.
No.
|
|
Foreign Currency
|
|
Rate of exchange of 100 units of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
|
|

|
|

|
|

|
|
|
|
|
|

|
|

|
|
|
|
|
|

|
|

|
|
1.
|
|
Japanese Yen
|
|
68.95
|
|
66.45
|
|
2.
|
|
Korean Won
|
|
6.70
|
|
6.30
Cabinet
Cabinet approves MoU between India and France on Technical Cooperation in Civil Aviation
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to the Memorandum of Understanding  between the Airports Authority of India  and its French counterpart, Civil Aviation Authority , France to implement Technical Cooperation Program in civil aviation sector.
The Technical Cooperation Program will be beneficial for enhancement of skills and expertise of AAI’s officers. This MoU is also beneficial for imparting training of engineers, technicians, managers etc.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Procurement of wheat and rice
The quantum of wheat and rice procured during 2019-20 and 2020-21 is as under:

|
|
KMS/RMS
|
|
Rice
|
|
Wheat
|
|
2019-20
|
|
519.97
|
|
341.32
|
|
2020-21
|
|
405.32|
|
389.92Figures reported is as on 01.02.2021
Procurement of wheat and paddy under Minimum Support Price  operations is on increasing trend which indicates that the MSP regime is helpful and instrumental in ensuring food security in the country.The procurement of wheat and paddy for the last three years and current year is as under:

|
|
Year
|
|
Wheat
|
|
Paddy
|
|
2017-18
|
|
308.24
|
|
568.54
|
|
2018-19
|
|
357.95
|
|
660.11
|
|
2019-20
|
|
341.32
|
|
773.45
|
|
2020-21
|
|
389.92
|
|
604.03#
# Figures reported as on 01.02.2021
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri DanveRaosahebDadarao in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
195.84 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 63,063
Active cases stand at 0.15%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.64%
7,985 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to
4,26,82,697
12,847 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
85.69 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 5,19,903 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
President's Secretariat
President of India Presents Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the years 2013-2017; says to meet the expectations of the people of India is the touchstone to judge the efficacy of the Parliamentary system
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, presented the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the years 2013-2017 today  in New Delhi.
Speaking on the occasion, the President congratulated all those being conferred with the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award – Smt Najma Heptulla, Shri Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Shri Dinesh Trivedi and Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab. He said that as parliamentarians, each of them has added value to the proceedings of the House. They have done so while maintaining the dignity of Parliament, using their knowledge and wisdom. They have conducted themselves in a manner that is a model for other members.
The President said that the soul of Indian democracy lies in Parliament. MPs are not just representatives of a particular party or constituency. They are the trustees of our constitutional ideals. All MPs are accountable for the hopes and aspirations of millions of our citizens. This is a very big responsibility.
The President said that the people of India, especially the poor and the underprivileged, look upon their representatives with great expectations. They nurture the expectation that their representatives will make every effort to improve their lives and those of their children. And for this reason they want to see their representatives busy and relentlessly at work for the welfare of common citizens. In Parliament, people expect discussions on their problems and suggestions on the resolution of these problems. To meet the expectations of the people of India is the touchstone we must use to judge the efficacy of the parliamentary system.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves MoU between India and ‘Transport for London’,
United Kingdom to improve Public Transport in India.
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the signing and implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding  between Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and ‘Transport for London’, a statutory body established under the Greater London Authority Act, 1999  to improve Public Transport in India.
The MoU will help to improve the overall public transport system in the country, improve passenger services and promote the use of high capacity buses in India. It will go a long way in strengthening ties and promoting bilateral relations between India and United Kingdom.
The MoU will help in strengthening the integrated public transport for all. This will help people from poorer strata of the society to have access to a quality public transport system.
AKT/VBA/SH
(Visitor Counter : 2578
Ministry of Defence
INDIA'S MARCH TOWARDS SELF-RELIANCE IN DEFENCE PRODUCTION
Kolkata, 13 July 2019
Self-reliance in Defence production is a major corner-stone on which the military capability of any Nation rests. Accordingly, the Defence Production Policy promulgated by the government, aims at achieving substantive self-reliance in the design, development and production of equipment, weapon systems, platforms required for defence, creating conditions conductive for private industry to play an active and crucial role in this endeavor and enhancing potential of MSMEs in Indigenisation and broadening the defence R&D base in the country, saidDr. Ajay Kumar, Secretary, Department of Defence Production, Union Ministry of Defence here in Kolkata today.
Speaking at a special session on "Defence Production Policy: Towards Self-Reliance" organized by Bharat Chamber of Commerce , Shri Kumar said, under Make in India initiatives, several measures have been taken to promote indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment in the country by harnessing the capabilities of the public and private partnership. These measures include according preference to procurement from Indian vendors under the Defence Procurement Procedure , simplification of Make procedure, introduction of simplified procedure for Make II sub-category, liberalization of the licensing regime and FDI policy by raising the cap on FDI in the defence sector, simplification of export procedure, streamlining of defence offset guidelines etc. The government has notified the ‘Strategic Partnership ’ Model which envisages establishment of long-term strategic partnerships with Indian entities through a transparent and competitive process, wherein they would tie up with global Original Equipment Manufacturers  to seek technology transfers to set up domestic manufacturing infrastructure and supply chains, he added.
Shri Kumar stated that a number of steps have also been taken to revitalize the working of DPSUs. All DPSUs and Ordnance Factory Board  have been asked to increase their outsourcing to SMEs, so that an eco-system for manufacturing develops within the country. Like other sectors, Indian Defence industry would rise to the occasion. Government and private industries will have to work together to create an eco-system, which is required for the growth and sustainability of this sector and this would be in our long term interest of National security, he said.
Shri Kumar wished to extend partnership in Eastern Region and encouraged small players to take part actively to boost defence production within the country.
Shri Ajay Kumar also launched Bharat Chamber Defence Sector Facilitation Centre. The objective of this facilitation centre is handholding and guidance to MSMEs and others who are interested to diversify into defence production.
Shri Arup Raha, Air Chief Marshall ; Shri Aniruddha Chakravarty, Lt. General ; Shri J. P. Chowdhary, Executive Chairman, Titagarh Wagons Ltd.; Dr.Rajib Chakraborty, Honorary Advisor, BCC Defence Sector Facilitation Centre and Shri Sitaram Sharma, President, BCC among others were also president on the occasion.
Election Commission
Biennial Election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council by the Members of Legislative Assembly-reg.
Election Commission of India vide Press Note No. ECI/PN/44/2018 dated 22.06.2018
The term of office of 11 members of Maharashtra Legislative Council elected by the Members of Legislative Assembly is due to expire on 27th July, 2018 as per following details:
|
|
Sl.No.
|
|
Name of Retiring Members
|
|
Date of Retirement
|
|
-
|
|
Gaikwad, Jaideorao Marutirao
|
|
27.07.2018
|
|
-
|
|
Girkar, Vijay Vithal
|
|
-
|
|
Thakare, Manikrao Govindrao
|
|
-
|
|
Dutt, Sanjay Satishchandra
|
|
-
|
|
Parab, Anil Dattatray
|
|
-
|
|
Patil, Narendra Annasaheb
|
|
-
|
|
Pandit, Amarsing Shivajirao
|
|
-
|
|
Ranpise, Sharad Namdeo
|
|
-
|
|
Tatkare, Sunil Dattatrey
|
|
-
|
|
Jankar, Mahadev Jagannath
|
|
-
|
|
Patil, Jayant Prabhakar
2. Now, the Commission has decided to hold Biennial Election to Maharashtra Legislative Council by the Members of Legislative Assembly in accordance with the following schedule:
|
|
-
|
|
Issue of Notifications
|
|
28th June, 2018 
|
|
-
|
|
Last date of making nominations
|
|
5th July, 2018 
|
|
-
|
|
Scrutiny of nominations
|
|
6th July, 2018 
|
|
-
|
|
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures
|
|
9th July, 2018 
|
|
-
|
|
Date of poll
|
|
16th July, 2018 
|
|
-
|
|
Hours of poll
|
|
9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M
|
|
-
|
|
Counting of Votes
|
|
16th July, 2018  5.00 P.M onwards
|
|
-
|
|
Date before which election shall be completed
|
|
19th July, 2018 
SBS/AC
(Visitor Counter : 283
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Affect of a Western Disturbance over Northwest India during next 48 hours
Analysis of Weather Conditions
A Western Disturbance as a trough in middle and upper troposphere over Pakistan and neighbourhood and its induced upper air cyclonic circulation over Northwest Rajasthan and adjoining areas of Haryana and Punjab would affect northwest India during next 48 hours. This is the 6th Western Disturbance affecting Northwest India during this month.
Weather Forecast during next 48 hours
- Widespread rainfall/snowfall activity would occur over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand till tomorrow.
- Widespread light to moderate rainfall/thundershowers would occur over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and fairly widespread over West Uttar Pradesh.
- Scattered rainfall activity/thundershowers would occur over Rajasthan and over East Uttar Pradesh.
Weather Warnings
- Heavy rainfall/snowfall would occur at a few places over Jammu & Kashmir and at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on 20 & 21 February. Thunderstorm accompanied with isolated hailstorm is very likely in these states on 20 & 21 February.
§ Thunderstorm accompanied with hailstorm, lightning & strong surface winds is very likely at a few places over Punjab and isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan during next 48 hours.
Forecast for Delhi/NCR
Overcast conditions with light to moderate rain/thunderstorm activity accompanied with hailstorm, lightning and strong surface winds very likely till tomorrow.
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Scholarship to pre-matric and post-matric STUDENTS and Maulana Azad National Fellowship
The Government has implemented various schemes for the welfare and upliftment of every strata, including minorities, especially the economically weaker and lesser privileged sections of the society, through various schemes of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Rural Development.
Ministry of Minority Affairs has also implemented various schemes, including various Scholarship and Fellowship schemes, across the country for socio-economic and educational empowerment of the notified minority communities.
The State/UT-wise, gender-wise and class-wise details of scholarships provided under the Pre-Matric and Post Matric Scholarship Scheme to the students belonging to the six centrally notified minority communities during the last five years i.e. from FY 2017-18 to 2021-22 is available on the website of the Ministry i.e. www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.
It has been observed that Junior Research Fellowship  Scheme of UGC and CSIR is open for students of all categories. Besides, students from minority communities are also covered under National Fellowship Schemes for Scheduled Castes and OBCs implemented by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and National Fellowship Scheme for Scheduled Tribes implemented by Ministry of Tribal Affairs. As the Maulana Azad National Fellowship  Scheme overlaps with various fellowship schemes for higher education, the Government has decided to discontinue the MANF Scheme from 2022-23.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
No shortage of Polio Vaccines in the country
There have been some reports in the mediaregarding shortage of polio vaccine in India. This is completely incorrect. There is no shortage of Oral Polio Vaccines  and Inactivated Polio Vaccine  in the country.
As far as polio national immunization days  is concerned, the required quantity of bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine  has already been secured for the programme. However, to ensure availability of safe and quality vaccine to our children during NID, the testing of bOPV is made more stringent and the same will be dispatched to states for public use after the clearance from national testing laboratory for each batch and Polio NID will be held soon. Government has not postponed the NID indefinitely, as wrongly reported in the media.
Regarding Inactivated Polio Vaccine , there is neither shortage of IPV nor any shortage of funds for its procurement for Universal Immunization Programme  in the country. It is to be noted that India has eliminated polio already and as per global guidelines, introduced IPV in its Universal Immunization Program to safeguard the polio free status, as there are few countries where polio virus is still circulating and Polio is yet to be eliminated. All Gavi eligible countries are extended support for vaccines byGavi.Confronted with steep hike in prices of IPV, India approached Gavi for partial support for further procurements, as India is also a Gavi eligible country and the same has been agreed to by Gavi Board.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
169.46 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 12,25,011
Active cases stand at 2.90%
Recovery Rate currently at 95.91%
2,13,246 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,04,61,148
1,07,474 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
74.01 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 14,48,513 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Heavy Industries
CMTI Organizes Webinar on ‘Expert Talks from Samarth Udyog Centres to Celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav;
Central Manufacturing Technology Institute  Bangalore, under the SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 Platform of Ministry of Heavy Industries organized a webinar on “Expert Talks from Samarth Udyog Centres” to celebrate the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The objective of this Virtual Seminar on “Expert Talks from Samarth Udyog Centres” was to listen from the experts of the Samarth Udyog Centres on the indigenous technology developments & the ways for collaborations in domain of Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0.
CMTI has established Smart Manufacturing Demo & Development Cell  as a Common Engineering Facility Centre  to propagate and support the process of adoption of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing practices by the rapidly growing Indian manufacturing industry. Under SMDDC core activity, CMTI is propagating the knowledge and technical know-how of Industry 4.0 implementation and its benefits to the Indian technical community.
Industry 4.0 refers to the fourth industrial revolution, which is the cyber-physical transformation of manufacturing. Industry 4.0 has been defined as “a name for the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies, including cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, cloud computing and cognitive computing and creating the smart factory.
The webinar was targeted for professionals working in Research Labs, Academia, Start-ups, MSME Industries, Private Industries and OEM’s. Expert opinion on present status and future direction of indigenous technology and development activities in domain of Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 and Opportunities for collaboration with SAMARTH Udyog Centres were the key takeaway of the seminar.
Dr. Nagahanumaiah, Director CMTI, Bangalore, Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti, Professor, CPDM, IISc Bangalore, Mr. Dattatraya Navalgundkar, Executive Director, C4I4, Pune , Prof. Sunil Jha, Professor, IIT Delhi, Prof. Surjya K Pal, Chair Person, AMT, IIT Kharagpur and Shri. Prakash Vinod Scientist-F & CH, SMPM, CMTI, Bangalore were the key speakers.
CMTI is a Research & Development organisation under the aegis of the Ministry of Heavy Industries, focusing on providing ‘Technology Solutions’ to the manufacturing sector and assisting technological growth in the country. CMTI plays a key role in applied research, design and development , technology forecasting, assimilation and dissemination of manufacturing technology to Indian industries.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Atal Bhujal Yojana
The World Bank has approved Atal BhujalYojana , a Rs.6,000 Crore Central Sector Scheme, for sustainable management of ground water resources with community participation. The funding pattern is 50:50 between Government of India and World Bank.
The scheme envisages active participation of the communities in various activities such as formation of Water User Associations, monitoring and disseminating ground water data, water budgeting, preparation and implementation of Gram-Panchayat wise water security plans and Information, Education & Communication  activities related to sustainable ground water management.
The identified over-exploited and water stressed areas for the implementation of the scheme fall in the States of Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The States have been selected according to a number of criteria, including degree of groundwater exploitation and degradation, established legal and regulatory instruments, institutional readiness, and experience in implementing initiatives related to groundwater management.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti & Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Rattan Lal Katariain a written reply in Lok Sabha today.